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FRANCE WILL BEGIN a gradual but “risky” return to normality on 11 May, with shops, markets and some schools reopening after an eight-week coronavirus lockdown credited with saving more than 60,000 lives, Prime Minister Edouard Philippe said today. But life will not be as before, with face masks compulsory on public transport, working from home strongly encouraged for several more weeks, and restaurants and cafes – quintessential to the French way of life – remaining shuttered.
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'As long-awaited as it is risky': French government outlines lifting of restrictions from 11 May

All the lockdown will be lifted gradually, the French Prime Minister warned today restrictions could still be extended.
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A note appeared on the Worldometer website today regarding France:

France: the French Government continues to report unreliable and incorrect data on almost a daily basis. Today, April 29, they reported a decrease of 1,417 confirmed cases compared to yesterday. The Ministry of Health yesterday had reported a different figure compared to that of the Government, and even this figure was 1,504 lower than the previous day (April 27), accompanied by a note informing that they had made a mistake the previous day. Similarly, the number of probable EMS cases decreases every other day. For this reason, you may notice fluctuations in French data on Worldometer.
 
Basis for UK figures updated:
A total of 26,097 people have died in hospitals, care homes and the wider community in the UK after contracting Covid-19, Public Health England (PHE) said. It includes 765 deaths reported in the 24 hours to 5pm yesterday. It is the first time data on the number of deaths in care homes and the wider community has been included in the UK government’s daily updates. The total reached by the new method of reporting is around 17% higher than previous data showed and includes an additional 3,811 deaths recorded since the start of the outbreak.
Of these, around 70% were outside hospital settings and around 30% were in hospital.

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UK now has third-most deaths from Covid-19 as latest figures show death toll above 26,000

A further 3,811 deaths have been recorded in UK care homes and the wider community, and these will now be counted in the daily figures.
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Italy reports lowest daily death toll since lockdown began two months ago:

Italy reported 174 new coronavirus deaths on Sunday, its lowest toll since 168 fatalities were registered when the country’s stay-at-home orders were imposed on 10 March.
The latest death toll was announced on the eve of its first easing of lockdown measures on Monday officially stands at 28,884, second only to the United States.
Today is its last day in full lockdown, but the partial easing of strict coronavirus measures after a two-month shutdown has been causing some anxiety and confusion.

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Italy reports lowest daily death toll since lockdown began two months ago

The country is due to exit its full lockdown tomorrow.
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The EU figures for new cases and new deaths are down from 108,741 and 15,234 respectively in the week 22-29 April to 72,649 and 9,998 respectively in the week 1-7 May.

A decrease of 36,092 and 5,236 respectively.

Ireland’s decrease is 2,081 and 247.


As restrictions are being eased in certain countries, it will be interesting to see how the next week or two will impact these figures.


In the same periods US figures are down by 17,021 and 1,064 respectively.

The UK new case figure is up by 5,117 but new deaths are down by 4,242.
 
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New virus deaths in Spain fall to two-month low under 100:
  • 87 coronavirus deaths over a 24-hour period, the first time in two months that the daily toll has dropped below 100.
  • The number came a day before Spain is to further relax lockdown measures across the country, except in Madrid and Barcelona.
  • At the height of the current outbreak in early April, Spain counted 950 deaths in one day.
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New virus deaths in Spain fall to two-month low under 100

Spain last Monday began a three-phase plan to end lockdowns for half the country by the end of June.
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Brazil:
The coronavirus death toll in Brazil has surpassed 20,000 after another record number of fatalities in a 24-hour period, the health ministry said. The country is the epicentre of the outbreak in Latin America, and its highest one-day toll of 1,188 has pushed the overall death tally to 20,047. Brazil has now recorded more than 310,000 cases, with experts saying a lack of testing means the real figures are probably much higher.

Russia:
Russia has reported its highest ever daily coronavirus death toll of 150, even though the number of new infections fell below 9,000 for the third day in a row. Health officials reported a total of 3,249 deaths and 326,448 cases, the second-highest number of infections in the world after the United States.
There were 8,894 new cases in the last 24 hours, according to a government tally, while 7,144 people recovered.
 
Spain will lift its quarantine requirement for those entering the country from 1 July, the government has just confirmed, writes Sam Jones, the Guardian’s Madrid correspondent. At the moment, travellers from overseas are required to undergo a 14-day self-isolation on arrival.
On Saturday the prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, said the country would reopen to tourists from July.
 
This morning the UK added a further 445 previously unreported COVID-19 deaths to their overall total. These seem to relate to testing done in private labs. This brings the total of reported UK COVID-19 fatalities to 39,045

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Beijing bans travel from city and closes schools over 'extremely severe' outbreak... The coronavirus resurgence — believed to have started in the capital’s sprawling Xinfadi wholesale food market — has prompted alarm as China had largely brought its outbreak under control through mass testing and draconian lockdowns.
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Covid-19: Beijing bans travel from city and closes schools over 'extremely severe' outbreak

The city government said residents should avoid “non-essential travel” out of the capital.
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Brazil has reported a record 34,918 new coronavirus cases, on the same day that one of the senior officials leading the country's response to the crisis claimed the outbreak was under control. Brazil also registered 1,282 COVID-19 deaths bringing confirmed fatalities to 45,241.
 
19th June:
Germany reported its highest daily increase in coronavirus cases in a month after managing to contain its outbreak better than comparable large European nations. The Robert Koch Institute, Germany’s disease control centre, listed 770 new confirmed cases, taking the country’s total to 188,534. A flurry of positive tests this week from an outbreak at a slaughterhouse in the western region of Guetersloh contributed the biggest daily increase since May 20.

Brazil surpassed 1 million cases Friday as the country continues to battle the world’s second-highest number of confirmed infections, after the United States.

20th June:
South Korea reported 67 new cases of the coronavirus on Saturday, the largest daily jump in about three weeks amid an upward trend in new infections. Health authorities said 31 of the new cases came from overseas while the rest were locally infected. It was the largest daily increase since 79 cases were reported on May 28. The country has confirmed 12,373 cases, including 280 deaths.

New daily coronavirus cases in the United States on Friday exceeded 30,000 for the first time in seven weeks as states in the South and West continued to report alarming spikes in new infections. The country tallied 31,630 new confirmed cases Friday, according to tracking by The Washington Post. The last time new daily cases in the United States topped 30,000 was on May 1, when 33,263 new infections were reported. California's residents will be required to wear face coverings in public spaces, following a recent increase in new coronavirus cases.
 
The World Health Organization has said that the largest single-day increase in coronavirus cases globally occurred at the weekend, with 183,000 new recorded cases in 24 hours.

Brazil has registered its 50,000th death from the Covid-19 outbreak.
 
USA:
New coronavirus cases hit all-time high in US with over 40,000 recorded in 24 hours - eclipsing the mark set during one of the deadliest stretches in late April.

The figure represents a resurgence that has led some governors to backtrack or at least pause the reopening of their states.While the increase is believed to reflect, in part, greatly expanded testing, experts say there is ample evidence the virus is making a comeback, including rising deaths and hospitalisations in parts of the country, especially in the South and West. Arizona, Texas and Florida are among the states that have been hit hard.

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New coronavirus cases hit all-time high in US with over 40,000 recorded in 24 hours

The figure represents a resurgence that has led some governors to back track or at least pause the reopening of their states.
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